A nearly empty UVM campus erupted with the blasting of car horns as protestors drove their cars around campus, showing solidarity against imposed budget cuts.
The rally held May 14 was led by UVM United Against Cuts, a coalition of UVM students, faculty and community members who stand in solidarity...

As UVM’s financial wellbeing teeters, President Suresh Garimella warned the community that tactics such as salary reductions and layoffs might take place going forward.
In a memo sent to the community May 11, Garimella outlined the current financial challenges facing UVM and some steps the university...

Two days before high school seniors across the country chose their future college, President Suresh Garimella announced UVM would be open this fall.
Although Garimella said he remains committed to having students on campus for the fall, graduating seniors will not be able to celebrate with an in-...

In a record-breaking year for the University, 11 UVM students have been selected as scholars and alternates for the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship program.
Of the 15 finalists from UVM, 11 students were selected as official scholars or alternates, passing the previously-held record of seven st...

Senior UVM nursing students will be graduating early and receiving temporary working permits to directly aid in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The class of 95 students was alerted to the change in an email from Rosemary Dale, chair of the nursing and health science department, said Kathy C...

As COVID-19 continues to wreak financial havoc on workers, families and schools all across the nation, UVM faces further budget cuts that will impact the entire UVM community.
After a notice from Provost Patty Prelock, Vice President of Finance Richard Cate and UVM President Suresh Garimella, college...

A meeting that was supposed to include discussion about campus input on divestment resulted in the members scarcely touching the topic, before moving on to the next step in their agenda.
The second meeting of the UVM board of trustees’ sustainability workgroup included a half an hour slot for the...

A UVM professor and doctor at UVM Medical Center who was arrested for voyeurism will not continue to teach for the rest of the semester.
However, the question still looms of what will happen to the course he is slated to teach in the fall.
Eike Blohm, assistant professor and emergency medicine p...

Despite there being no formal announcement to the campus community on who was appointed as the new police chief, UVM recently removed their public job listings for the position.
Tim Bilodeau was officially selected as UVM’s new police chief March 6 after several months of searching.
Since ...

When UVM first transitioned to online classes in mid-March due to COVID-19, administrators were met with backlash from students for not providing housing and tuition reimbursement.
This was due to a policy stated in the student housing contract.
Demands for reimbursement continue to rise, persisting...

Despite challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, UVM has announced that it is expanding the position in the administration focussed on diversity.
President Suresh Garimella stated Dr. Wanda Heading-Grant will assume the expanded role of vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion starting Ma...

UVM has called on the state of Vermont to give the University $25 million in additional funds to confront “serious challenges” facing the University due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
UVM President Suresh Garimella stated in an April 15 letter to Gov. Phil Scott that the University has faced millions...